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Chapter 220: Arrest and Rescue (asking for monthly tickets!)

"Hand in the mission."

Brigadier General Yu slapped the parchment scroll on the task counter and said, "Take on the new task while you're at it."

"Okay, young mercenary rookie." The old man on the mission said cheerfully. After taking the parchment scroll for verification, he handed the commission to Yu Zhun.

“…Rookie mercenary?” Hearing the new title given to him by the other party, Yu Zhun raised his eyebrows, and for some reason he had a bad feeling.

"Oh? So you didn't know." The old man handed the new mission scroll to Yu Zhun and winked at him. "You were promoted from a rookie to a silver-level mercenary in four days. You broke the union's promotion record."

"Now many mercenaries in the mercenary union are talking about you, and some are even asking me about your situation." The old man on the mission laughed, "But don't worry, I am a very professional person."

"I will never reveal the content of your mission."

Yu Zhun: “…”

So in other words, everything except the mission content has been leaked, right?
I really admire you, old Deng!

Without even thinking about it, the other players who were still in the dungeon already knew that he was far ahead in progress.

Next, he will become the target of public criticism.

It was better before the gold level. These players could only deal with him privately when they were not completing missions. Because everyone was competing, they could not spare too much time to target him.

After reaching the gold level, the difficulty will increase further.

Because gold-level mercenaries have the qualifications to choose their own missions, other players will definitely choose missions from the opposing camp!
However, even though he complained in his heart, Yu Zhun could only accept it.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be a dungeon mechanism that was not discovered in previous strategy guides, specifically targeting players who are promoted too quickly.

After taking the parchment scroll handed to him by the old man, Yu Zhun twisted his body and disappeared on the spot.

Run away quickly.

Almost the next moment after Yu Zhun left, a group of player teams got the news and rushed over with murderous intent, but ended up finding nothing.

Yu Zhun, who was the target of the siege, had calmly walked on the only road back to the royal capital and opened the parchment scroll in his hand.

[Mission Level: Silver]

[Mission content: Go to the capital, meet your employer Al at No. 18 Pagoli Street, and protect your employer for the next day]

[Mission Reward: 500 Silver Coins, 500 Mercenary Points]

As he expected, this mission was still Estelle's assigned mission, and it was also a follow-up to the previous one.

Next, Yu Zhun only needed to wait for Estelle at the location written on the mission scroll.
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"According to what I just heard secretly, Uncle Oron must have lost the secret treasure in a fire in his mansion."

After leaving the Prince's Palace and ruling out Prince Oron as a suspect, Estelle's expression was noticeably more relaxed.

"But this fire could not have been an accident." Estelle muttered to herself as she walked along the street. "After all, Uncle Oron's lost treasure appeared in the hands of Maris's subordinates."

"They were able to set fire to the Prince's Palace and steal the secret treasure... Maris actually has such people in the capital..."

Esther's eyes were filled with thought, and after a moment, the thought turned into determination, "Then what I have to do next is to uproot Maris's minions in the capital!"

"But before that..." Estelle looked towards the center of the capital, the direction of the magnificent palace, with a hint of smile in her eyes, "Calculating the time, it has been a month since I left the capital."

“I should go back too…”

"Boom-"

Before she finished her words, a dull drumbeat sounded faintly, and Estelle's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this moment, she felt as if her heart was being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand.

Although it was only for a moment, it instantly disrupted her original breathing rhythm, and the effect of reducing the sense of presence brought by the secret treasure [Ring of Silence] came to an abrupt end.

Estelle stood in the crowded crowd and felt a chill running up her spine.

This is…

Secret treasure [Heart palpitation hand drum]!
In addition to the [Eye of Truth] that can directly see through the camouflage effect of the [Ring of Silence], the secret treasure that has the greatest inhibitory effect on the [Ring of Silence] is this!

Because the function of this secret treasure is to forcibly interrupt breathing, heartbeat and movement, thereby interfering with the use of abilities!

Moreover, it is effective indiscriminately. The moment it rings, as long as the holder of the [Ring of Silence] is within the range, he will appear immediately.

There was no doubt that this was an attack specifically targeted at her!
What shocked Estelle the most was the identity of the original owner of this secret treasure.

[Heart palpitation hand drum], belongs to the third prince of the royal family.

That's her biological brother.

Feeling the masters hidden in the crowd attacking her, the light in Estelle's eyes slowly faded.

The third prince Aristo... is Maris's man? ——
"No. 18 Pagli Street..."

Yu Zhun followed the map in his memory and searched all the way in the capital. He finally stopped in front of a small house. "This should be it."

It was evening now, but there was no light in the small house in front, and it seemed as if no one was there.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Zhun slowly walked to the door of the small house and knocked gently.

No response.

"In that case, it shouldn't be rude for me to go in directly." Yu Zhun muttered to himself, and with a few flashes of his body, he swiftly climbed over an unclosed window and entered the room.

After a while, Yu Zhun sat alone on the sofa in the small house, stroking his chin with a thoughtful look, "He's not here..."

Based on his previous impression of Estelle, he thought she would arrive earlier than him.

However, it's not a big problem.

Yu Zhun took out a [communication button] from his pocket.

Before parting with Estelle last time, he secretly hid a locator on her body. Now he only needs to use the [communication button] to simply operate to locate her position.

Missions are dead, but people are alive.

In order to protect his financial sponsor, Yu Zhun can be said to have gone to great lengths.

Soon, a floor plan of the royal capital appeared on the button, and somewhere in the royal capital, a red light was flashing.

Seeing the location of the light spot, Yu Zhun breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought Estelle was in the palace."

If it was in a heavily guarded palace, even he might not be able to sneak in and find the other party.

After all, his [Lightless Shadow] had been seen through by the secret treasure [Eye of Truth] before.

Fortunately, this did not happen.

Estelle is currently located at the edge of the capital, if I remember correctly...

It seems to be the poorest area in the royal capital.

"Is our Princess going to experience life?" Yu Zhun teased, then activated [Lightless Shadow] and chased after her.
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"Um…"

Estelle groaned and slowly opened her eyes.

At this moment, she was in an unknown darkness, her hands and feet were tied with steel chains, and she fell on the cold ground.

After a long while, Estelle managed to sit up. Her memories before she fell into a coma gradually returned, making her clearly aware of her current situation.

The organizers of the attack obviously had a clear understanding of her strength, and each of the attackers they sent out was stronger than her.

At this moment, she has been captured and imprisoned by the other party. The many secret treasures on her body have no connection with her at this moment. Obviously, they have been taken away by the other party in advance.

Such a targeted layout obviously represents the other party's absolute grasp of her identity.

"Aristo..." Estelle sat up with difficulty, her eyes full of confusion. Until now, she still couldn't believe that the person who defected to Maris and planned to attack her would be her third brother.

Compared with the other three princes, Aristo seemed particularly lazy and did not participate at all in the fight for the throne.

Among the four princes, he was like a marginal person.

Such a marginal person is secretly plotting a shocking conspiracy to overthrow the royal family?

Do not!
Estelle shook her head sharply.

Perhaps this was an accident?

She couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope.

Perhaps just like the loss of Uncle Oron's [Forbidden Cane], Aristo's secret treasure was also stolen by Maris!

Thinking of this, Estelle subconsciously looked around.

However, the only candlelight in the darkness not far behind her made her pupils shrink again, and a look of despair appeared on her face.

Information about it came to Estelle's mind.

Secret treasure [Hidden World Candle].

After this secret treasure is ignited, it can create a narrow space in the candlelight that is not connected to the outside world. When the candlelight goes out, everything in the space will be annihilated.

This space can be used to store items or hide people, and the only light you can see in it is the candlelight.

And this secret treasure also belongs to the third prince Aristo.

Unlike the [Heart-Palpitating Tambourine], the [Hidden World Candle] is Aristo's most important secret treasure. He even often stores other secret treasures in the [Hidden World Candle].

No one can take away the [Hidden World Candle] without being noticed by him.

So... Aristo really did all this?

Estelle, who was still trying to excuse him in her heart the last second, now felt heartbroken.

"Haha, are you awake?"

The candle flame flickered slightly, and the next moment, a figure entered the hidden world from the outside world and came in front of Estelle.

In the dim light of the candle, Estelle could only see the vague outline of the other person. She wanted to see the other person's face clearly, but the other person was prepared and wore a metal mask.

"…Who are you?"

After a moment's silence, Estelle spoke in a deep voice.

"It seems that our Fifth Princess hasn't figured out the current situation yet..." The man with the metal mask sneered, then raised one hand and slammed it down.

"Snapped!"

There was a slap mark on Estelle's face, which could be vaguely seen even in the dim candlelight.

There was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She turned her head to look at the man again, her eyes completely cold.

"What a disgusting look." The man said with a tut, "If I hadn't promised someone not to hurt you, I would have dug both of your eyes out."

"Someone?" Estelle asked coldly, "Is it Aristo? Why doesn't he come in person?"

A very obscure smile flashed across the masked man's eyes, and then he snorted coldly, "You are just a prisoner, there is no need for you to know so much."

He slowly squatted down until he was looking at Estelle, looking at her injured but still delicate features, and sneered, "I wonder if Your Highness regrets it?"

"If you hadn't left the capital to find out the so-called truth, you wouldn't have appeared here."

He clicked his tongue and slowly stood up.

"You brought this upon yourself."

"Not leaving the capital..." Estelle sneered, "You mean, I should do nothing and wait for the rebels to sweep in from the Sanctuary and overthrow everything?"

"You really know a lot." The masked man sighed, "Luckily we acted in time."

"If I really let you return to the palace..."

"That's bad."

"As expected..." Estelle slowly clenched her fists, "You are not that strong. You are far from ready at this moment."

"So, you have to stop me even if you have to fight in the capital."

"Princess, being too smart is not a good thing." The masked man looked at Estelle deeply and said, "Don't worry, we won't do anything to you."

"after all…"

"Unlike those useless princes."

"You are still useful."

"When Lord Maris takes office, you will marry him as a representative of the old royal family." The masked man chuckled, "Before that, you'd better stay here obediently."

"I will send someone to bring you food every day."

Estelle's eyes grew colder.

As a political toy, marry the traitor Maris?

She would never let this happen!
"Your plan will never succeed." Estelle said word by word, "I am not alone."

"Oh?" The masked man chuckled, "Your Highness is talking about the rising star mercenary named Yu Zhun."

"I have to say, his strength is indeed amazing."

"After Lord Maris learned of his existence, he also appreciated him very much." The masked man looked at Estelle and said faintly, "He is a powerful mercenary and a powerful weapon."

"But who holds the weapon depends on money."

"How can you, who are in the [Hidden World Candlelight], compete with Lord Maris?"

Hearing the masked man's words, Estelle's body trembled, and the last glimmer of hope in her eyes slowly dimmed.

Yes, Yu Zhun was willing to cooperate with her because she could continuously issue designated tasks to the other party, allowing the other party's mercenary level to be improved faster.

But this is not her patent.

Maris can do the same, and can even give Yu Zhun more.

Estelle felt a pang of pain in her heart when she thought that her powerful ally was also unable to save her, and might even point his blade towards the royal family one day in the future and become a sharp weapon in the hands of the enemy.

and so…

Is there really no way out and we can only sit and wait for death?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Estelle suddenly felt the ground tremble violently.

No…she was not in the outside world, and the ground beneath her feet was not the earth.

What was vibrating was the hidden world created by the [Hidden World Candle]!

"what happened?!"

With a cry of surprise, Estelle couldn't help but look up at the masked man.

Noticing that the masked man had the same bewildered look as she did, Estelle's mind flashed with Yu Zhun's image, and hope reappeared in her eyes.

Could it be him?

(End of this chapter)